This privately owned reserve up the Kariega River from Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape is the Garden of Eden. It has all the components of nature that make you want to weep at its beauty, marvel at the perfect animal specimens all fat and glossy coats, and sink into the sophoric rhythm of the river, in/on which...
Cruising the South Africa coast is the fastest growing holiday excursion for South African residents and I was invited aboard the MSC Sinfonia for the 4-night return trip from Durban to Bazaruto Island off the coast of Mozambique. There was a whole media contingent and we all got to bring our partners and were accommodated...
ARIS LEONIDAS GRAMMATICAS 20/05/1938 – 15/10/2011 It is with heavy hearts that the Grammaticas family has to inform you of the passing away of our beloved Aris. After a long and extraordinary life Aris slipped away peacefully at home in Ololua, Karen, surrounded by the family he loved so much. Aris will be...
Robin Pope Safaris operating in Zambia and Malawi have won two special awards at the World Responsible Tourism Day at World Travel Market (WTM) in London. They were awarded joint Overall Winner of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards plus winner in the poverty Reduction category as well. This is a great achievement as there...
Right time right place for the helmet-mounted camera, but wrong place wrong time for this mountain biker on a race in a wildlife park in KwaZulu Natal. See this extraordinary footge: http://youtu.be/S2oymHHyV1M
I can’t begin to tell you how upset I am about the rampant rhino poaching happening in South Africa. This week it’s come very close to home when three rhinos were attacked at Aquila Private Game Reserve just a couple of hours’ drive north of Cape Town. Then last night another three rhinos were found dead in a...
It’s always good to see something new and appealing on the internet, and that’s what Caroline Hurry and Kathy Whitehead have done with their new website; Travel Gurus. It’s an e-zine that features opinion from travel journalists, industry players and opinionated others (the likes of yours truly), along with destination pieces,...
In 2009, 122 rhino were butchered for their horns in South Africa. In 2010 this figure nearly tripled and this upward trend shows no sign of slowing in 2011. Amongst others, Mahlatini wish to raise the profile of the rhinos’ delicate situation and help gain supporters for the struggle against the rhino poachers. Help Mahlatini by entering...
Hwange is Zimbabwe’s largest National Park. It is wonderfully wild with no shortage of elephant. I once had a very close encounter with a charging elephant at a waterhole in Hwange; a mock charge but what did I know, I was new to Africa and didn’t have a clue what to do. Luckily, I was...
Death of Tshukudu Game Lodge Founder and Son I am very sorry to announce that the founder of Tshukudu Game Lodge in Limpopo, Ala Sussens and her son Ian Sussens were killed in a car accident on 6 April 2010. Ala was a safari doyenne, one who cared deeply for animals and was known...
The moment I got my copy of Lannice’s new foodie book, ‘ Tortoises & Tumbleweeds – A Journey Through an African Kitchen’ I flicked through it for ideas of what to cook that night.
Guests at Buffalo Ridge Safari Lodge had a surprise visit from an opportunistic elephant, who simply couldn’t resist the cool, crystal clear, swimming pool water on a hot spring day in Madikwe Game Reserve. Photographed by 18 year old Tom Rudolphie of The Netherlands. Buffalo Ridge is a community owned...
